St. Aloysius Gonzaga Catholic School is the only Jesuit-influenced Catholic grade school in Spokane, a K-8 parish school whose campus on Mission Avenue sits immediately adjacent to Gonzaga University. The parish belongs to the Diocese of Spokane, but the school is staffed by Jesuit priests of the USA West Province, and its institutional identity is bound to the broader Gonzaga family — Gonzaga Prep next door is the natural high-school feeder, and Gonzaga University the natural college destination for many graduates.
The school opened in 1916 with 195 students in a brick building on the Gonzaga campus and relocated to its current Mission Avenue site in 1940. Enrollment now sits around 440 students K-8, with an Early Learning Center program serving children from six weeks through preschool. Among Spokane Catholic K-8 alternatives — Cataldo, St. Charles, All Saints, St. Thomas More — St. Aloysius is the one whose graduates most consistently move into the Jesuit pipeline through Gonzaga Prep on to Gonzaga University.
Notable alumni include NBA Hall of Famer John Stockton, who supported the centennial-era 31,000-square-foot building expansion the Spokesman-Review covered in 2016. The Logan-neighborhood location, walking distance to the GU campus, makes the school a natural fit for Gonzaga faculty and graduate-student families along with Logan-corridor parishioners.
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